第三十八回 · 怕棒馱屍 Fear of the Staff Sets Him Hauling — Journey to the West

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怕棒馱屍 Fear of the Staff Sets Him Hauling

馱tuó著zhe他tā，腌ā臢zā水shuǐ淋lín將jiāng下xià來lái，污wū了le衣yī服fú，沒méi人rén與yǔ我wǒ漿jiāng洗xǐ。上shàng面miàn有yǒu幾jǐ個gè補bǔ丁dīng，天tiān陰yīn發fā潮cháo，如rú何hé穿chuān麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ只zhǐ管guǎn馱tuó了le去qù，到dào寺sì裡lǐ，我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ換huàn衣yī服fú。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，連lián你nǐ穿chuān的de也yě沒méi有yǒu，又yòu替tì我wǒ換huàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「這zhè般bān弄nòng嘴zuǐ，便biàn不bù馱tuó罷ba？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù馱tuó。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「便biàn伸shēn過guò孤gū拐guǎi來lái，打dǎ二èr十shí棒bàng。」八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，那nà棒bàng子zi重zhòng，若ruò是shì打dǎ上shàng二èr十shí，我wǒ與yǔ這zhè皇huáng帝dì一yì般bān了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà打dǎ時shí，趁chèn早zǎo兒er馱tuó著zhe走zǒu路lù。」八bā戒jiè果guǒ然rán怕pà打dǎ，沒méi好hǎo氣qì，把bǎ屍shī首shǒu拽zhuài將jiāng過guò來lái，背bèi在zài身shēn上shàng，拽zhuài步bù出chū園yuán就jiù走zǒu。驮tuó著zhe他tā，腌ā臜zā水shuǐ淋lín将jiāng下xià来lái，污wū了le衣yī服fú，没méi人rén与yǔ我wǒ浆jiāng洗xǐ。上shàng面miàn有yǒu几jǐ个gè补bǔ丁dīng，天tiān阴yīn发fā潮cháo，如rú何hé穿chuān么me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ只zhǐ管guǎn驮tuó了le去qù，到dào寺sì里lǐ，我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ换huàn衣yī服fú。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，连lián你nǐ穿chuān的de也yě没méi有yǒu，又yòu替tì我wǒ换huàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「这zhè般bān弄nòng嘴zuǐ，便biàn不bù驮tuó罢ba？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù驮tuó。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「便biàn伸shēn过guò孤gū拐guǎi来lái，打dǎ二èr十shí棒bàng。」八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，那nà棒bàng子zi重zhòng，若ruò是shì打dǎ上shàng二èr十shí，我wǒ与yǔ这zhè皇huáng帝dì一yì般bān了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà打dǎ时shí，趁chèn早zǎo儿er驮tuó著zhe走zǒu路lù。」八bā戒jiè果guǒ然rán怕pà打dǎ，没méi好hǎo气qì，把bǎ尸shī首shǒu拽zhuài将jiāng过guò来lái，背bèi在zài身shēn上shàng，拽zhuài步bù出chū园yuán就jiù走zǒu。

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馱tuó著zhe他tā，腌ā臢zā水shuǐ淋lín將jiāng下xià來lái，污wū了le衣yī服fú，沒méi人rén與yǔ我wǒ漿jiāng洗xǐ。驮tuó著zhe他tā，腌ā臜zā水shuǐ淋lín将jiāng下xià来lái，污wū了le衣yī服fú，没méi人rén与yǔ我wǒ浆jiāng洗xǐ。

'Hauling him, the filthy water dribbles down and soils my clothes, and there's no one to wash them for me.'

腌臢水: filthy, foul water (腌臢 = āzā). 淋將下來: dribbles down (將 = jiāng). 漿洗: to launder. 著 = zhe (馱著); 沒 = méi.

上shàng面miàn有yǒu幾jǐ個gè補bǔ丁dīng，天tiān陰yīn發fā潮cháo，如rú何hé穿chuān麼me？」上shàng面miàn有yǒu几jǐ个gè补bǔ丁dīng，天tiān阴yīn发fā潮cháo，如rú何hé穿chuān么me？」

'There are a few patches on top already; when the sky turns damp, how am I to wear them?'

補丁: a patch (on worn clothing). 天陰發潮: when the weather turns damp. Bajie's laundry-list of complaints.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ只zhǐ管guǎn馱tuó了le去qù，到dào寺sì裡lǐ，我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ換huàn衣yī服fú。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ只zhǐ管guǎn驮tuó了le去qù，到dào寺sì里lǐ，我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ换huàn衣yī服fú。」

The Pilgrim said: 'Just you carry him along; when we get to the temple, I'll change your clothes for you.'

只管馱了去: just carry [him] along. 換衣服: change your clothes. 行 = xíng.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，連lián你nǐ穿chuān的de也yě沒méi有yǒu，又yòu替tì我wǒ換huàn？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，连lián你nǐ穿chuān的de也yě没méi有yǒu，又yòu替tì我wǒ换huàn？」

Bajie said: 'For shame — you haven't even the clothes on your own back, and you'd change mine?'

不羞: 'for shame.' 連你穿的也沒有: 'you don't even have clothes yourself' (沒 = méi). Bajie mocks Wukong's own raggedness.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「這zhè般bān弄nòng嘴zuǐ，便biàn不bù馱tuó罷ba？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「这zhè般bān弄nòng嘴zuǐ，便biàn不bù驮tuó罢ba？」

The Pilgrim said: 'If you go on wagging your tongue like this, will you not carry him, then?'

弄嘴: to wag the tongue, banter. 便不馱罷: 'will you not carry him, then?' (罷 = ba; 不 = bù). 行 = xíng.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù馱tuó。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù驮tuó。」

Bajie said: 'I won't carry him.'

不馱: 'I won't carry him' (不 = bù). Bajie digs in.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「便biàn伸shēn過guò孤gū拐guǎi來lái，打dǎ二èr十shí棒bàng。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「便biàn伸shēn过guò孤gū拐guǎi来lái，打dǎ二èr十shí棒bàng。」

The Pilgrim said: 'Then stick out your ankle for twenty strokes of the staff.'

孤拐: the ankle-bone. 打二十棒: twenty strokes of the staff — Wukong's decisive argument. 行 = xíng.

八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，那nà棒bàng子zi重zhòng，若ruò是shì打dǎ上shàng二èr十shí，我wǒ與yǔ這zhè皇huáng帝dì一yì般bān了le。」八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，那nà棒bàng子zi重zhòng，若ruò是shì打dǎ上shàng二èr十shí，我wǒ与yǔ这zhè皇huáng帝dì一yì般bān了le。」

Bajie panicked: 'Brother — that staff is heavy; if I take twenty strokes, I'll end up just like this emperor.'

那棒子重: 'that staff is heavy' (那 = nà; 重 = zhòng). 一般了: 'the same [i.e. dead]' (一 = yì). Bajie fears being beaten to death like the emperor he carries.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà打dǎ時shí，趁chèn早zǎo兒er馱tuó著zhe走zǒu路lù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà打dǎ时shí，趁chèn早zǎo儿er驮tuó著zhe走zǒu路lù。」

The Pilgrim said: 'If you're afraid of a beating, then get carrying and be on your way, and quick about it.'

趁早兒: early on, quickly (兒 = er, suffix). 馱著走路: get carrying and walk (著 = zhe). 行 = xíng.

八bā戒jiè果guǒ然rán怕pà打dǎ，沒méi好hǎo氣qì，把bǎ屍shī首shǒu拽zhuài將jiāng過guò來lái，背bèi在zài身shēn上shàng，拽zhuài步bù出chū園yuán就jiù走zǒu。八bā戒jiè果guǒ然rán怕pà打dǎ，没méi好hǎo气qì，把bǎ尸shī首shǒu拽zhuài将jiāng过guò来lái，背bèi在zài身shēn上shàng，拽zhuài步bù出chū园yuán就jiù走zǒu。

Bajie, truly afraid of a beating, ill-temperedly dragged the corpse over, slung it on his back, and, dragging his feet, went off out of the garden.

沒好氣: in an ill temper (沒 = méi). 拽將過來…拽步: dragged over, dragging his feet (拽 = zhuài ×2; 將 = jiāng). The threat of the staff, not persuasion, moves him at last.

總評 Commentary

Bajie's grievances multiply into a catalogue of petty complaints — the corpse's foul water soiling his patched clothes, no one to launder them, the damp weather — and Wukong's airy offer to 'change his clothes' at the temple only draws the pig's mockery of Wukong's own raggedness. The banter is the comfortable bickering of long companions, each knowing the other's measure.

When banter fails, Wukong reaches, as ever, for the decisive argument: the staff. The threat of twenty strokes — and Bajie's terror of ending up 'just like this emperor,' beaten to death — is what finally moves him. The novel is candid that Bajie's cooperation is compelled, not won; force underlies the comedy, and the pig obeys because the alternative is a cudgeling.

The passage closes the well episode with Bajie shouldering the corpse and dragging himself, ill-tempered, out of the garden. The image is the chapter's emblem: the sacred errand accomplished through a reluctant, grumbling, half-coerced pig hauling a dead king on his back. What began as a poem on a delicate plantain ends as a foul-tempered march with a corpse — the range of tone the chapter has spanned in a single garden.